Photographer Maddie McGarvey discusses their career in photojournalism and covering U.S. elections from a regional perspective while in conversation with Karrin Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University.
This program is being offered both in person at ICP, located on NYC's Lower East Side, and online. Tickets to attend the conversation in person are $5 and do not include access to ICP’s galleries. Arrive early to see our current exhibitions, We Are Here: Scenes from the Street and Selections from ICP at 50 on view until January 6, 2025.
About the Series
The Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer’s Lecture Series presents one-hour live events featuring scholars and curators in conversation with renowned photographers who champion social change through photography, employ exciting alternative and emerging practices, or ask critical questions about the form. This year’s Fall Season includes Maddie McGarvey with Karrin Anderson (October 21), Sheila Pree Bright with Joseph Rodriguez (November 20), Mark McKnight with Elle Perez (December 4), and Kiliii Yuyan (December 11).
Recent participants in ICP Talks include Shirin Neshat, Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Clifford Prince King, Muriel Hasbun, Shala Miller, Sunil Gupta, Farah Al Qasimi, Guadalupe Rosales, and Pacifico Silano.
Current ICP students and faculty of the One-Year Certificate Programs are automatically enrolled and invited to attend all lectures.
ICP is thrilled to honor Naomi Rosenblum’s contribution to the field and to further her life’s work through this lecture series. Naomi Rosenblum was one of the leading photography historians of her generation and the author of A World History of Photography and A History of Women Photographers. The 2024-2025 Naomi Rosenblum ICP Talks Photographer Lecture Series is made possible through generous support from the Rosenblum Family.
About the Speakers
Maddie McGarvey is a documentary photographer based in Columbus, Ohio. Her work often examines the effects of policy and politics on communities in Appalachia, rural America, and the Midwest. McGarvey's photography sheds light on issues of poverty, resilience, and the personal impacts of government decisions, capturing the nuanced realities of those directly affected. McGarvey has spent significant time on the campaign trail following prominent political figures, such as Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and JD Vance, providing an intimate look at the highs and lows of campaigns and the people involved. McGarvey earned her degree in photojournalism from Ohio University’s School of Visual Communication. She’s a regular contributor to publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Geographic, TIME, and The New York Times Magazine. Her work has received accolades from Pictures of the Year International and Best of Photojournalism, and she has been recognized as one of TIME’s 51 Instagram Photographers to follow in the USA.
Karrin Vasby Anderson (she/her) is Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University, where she teaches courses in rhetoric, political communication, and gender and communication. Dr. Anderson studies the culture of politics and the politics of culture, examining the ways in which political identity is rhetorically constructed and contested in popular media. She is coauthor or editor of three books: Women, Feminism, and Pop Politics: From "Bitch" to "Badass" and Beyond, Woman President: Confronting Postfeminist Political Culture and Governing Codes: Gender, Metaphor, and Political Identity. She is a past editor of the Quarterly Journal of Speech (2020-2022) and has published articles in scholarly journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Women’s Studies in Communication, Communication Quarterly, and White House Studies. Her commentary on politics, gender, and visual culture has been published by The Conversation and Reading the Pictures, and she is consulted as a political communication expert by local, national, and international media outlets.
Dr. Anderson is a recipient of the National Communication Association’s James A. Winans and Herbert A. Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address; the Outstanding Book Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender; the Presidential Citation of Service from the National Communication Association; the Michael Pfau Outstanding Article Award in Political Communication from NCA’s Political Communication Division; the Organization for Research on Women and Communication’s Feminist Scholarship Award; the Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women in Politics; the Outstanding Mentor in Master’s Education Award from NCA’s Master’s Education Section; the Faculty Mentorship Award from NCA's Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division; the Excellence in Graduate Mentoring from CSU's College of Liberal Arts; and the Distinction in Curricular Innovation Award from CSU's College of Liberal Arts.
